Ready, o ready!, or These forty years. By the captain of the 'Cumberland'.1873 |
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... nights came and went , but brought no distinct impression with them of the lapse of time . I tried to pray , and to think of the eternal existence into which I was gliding , but my brain was too weak to bear the pressure of a thought ...
... nights came and went , but brought no distinct impression with them of the lapse of time . I tried to pray , and to think of the eternal existence into which I was gliding , but my brain was too weak to bear the pressure of a thought ...
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... - paid sixty pounds for the privilege , and spent a considerable portion of my time shin- ning up the top - gallant rigging to loose or furl the upper sails . One night , in the Bay of Biscay , when THESE FORTY YEARS 13.
... - paid sixty pounds for the privilege , and spent a considerable portion of my time shin- ning up the top - gallant rigging to loose or furl the upper sails . One night , in the Bay of Biscay , when THESE FORTY YEARS 13.
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... night , and blowing hard , the ship knocking about as ships in the ' Bay ' are accustomed to do , and the yard surg- ing from side to side at every roll , with a jerk that made me feel it would be elysium to be safe on deck again . In a ...
... night , and blowing hard , the ship knocking about as ships in the ' Bay ' are accustomed to do , and the yard surg- ing from side to side at every roll , with a jerk that made me feel it would be elysium to be safe on deck again . In a ...
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... nights on the sparkling tropic seas , for the first time witnessed , were wonderful . We never tired of watching the sharks in our wake , with the pretty little blue - striped pilot fish swimming ahead of them in the clear blue water ...
... nights on the sparkling tropic seas , for the first time witnessed , were wonderful . We never tired of watching the sharks in our wake , with the pretty little blue - striped pilot fish swimming ahead of them in the clear blue water ...
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... Nights . What happened during that month at Cal- cutta I have little recollection of , save only that to my boyish imagination the strangeness of my . being actually among copper - coloured turbaned crowds , believers in Vishnu and ...
... Nights . What happened during that month at Cal- cutta I have little recollection of , save only that to my boyish imagination the strangeness of my . being actually among copper - coloured turbaned crowds , believers in Vishnu and ...
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Página 246 - When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green ; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen ; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away ; Young blood must have its course, lad. And every dog his day.
Página 16 - The Silent Hour: Essays, Original and Selected, By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Página 15 - About in the World. Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life." " It is not easy to open it at any page without finding some handy idea.
Página 15 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language.
Página 117 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Página 5 - The book for all boys in whom the love of travel and adventure is strong. They will find here plenty to amuse them and much to instruct them besides.
Página 202 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Página 16 - The chapters are so lively in themselves, so mingled with shrewd views of human nature, so full of illustrative anecdotes, that the reader cannot fail to be amused.
Página 6 - Comprising Pleasure Books of Literature produced in the Choicest Style as Companionable Volumes at Home and Abroad. "We can hardly imagine better books for boys to read or for men to ponder over.
Página 7 - ... attire, are brought nearer to us, become intelligible to us, and teach us lessons of humanity which we can learn from men only, and not from saints and heroes. Here lies the real value of real history. It widens our minds and our hearts, and gives us that true knowledge of the world and of human nature In all its phases which but few can gain in the short span of their own life, and in the narrow sphere of their friends and enemies. We can hardly imagine a better book for boys to read or for...